BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Wilmette Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Wilmette Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c681b500-38cd-4acf-900d-3a85a830e4c0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260902T042157Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250630T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250630T200000 SUMMARY:Expressions of Gender in Asian Art (Virtual) LOCATION:Wilmette Public Library\nWilmette Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Wilmette Public Library;X- APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Wilmette Public Library:geo:42.074866,-87.709462 GEO:42.074866;-87.709462 DESCRIPTION:Gender fluid and non-binary depictions have existed for thousa nds of years in Asian art. Explore works which support this belief in non- duality with Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. \n\n.\nhttps://wilmette.li bnet.info/event/13451228 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Often\, this portrayal of people and deiti es of indeterminate gender was informed by the spiritual concept of nondua lity. Explore some of the fascinating representations of gender in various Asian traditions as illustrated by objects from the Asian Art Museum&rsqu o\;s collection.

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Presented by John Kouletsis. \;John is curren tly both a docent for the School Programs and for the Community Speakers P rogram at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. An architect by training\ , John lived for 4 years in Japan where he taught and did research on medi eval Japanese domestic/residential architecture. Returning to the United S tates\, he was Kaiser Foundation Health Plan&rsquo\;s national chief archi tect for capital projects. He currently sits on several committees at the Asian Art Museum and is on the Board of Directors for the Society for Asia n Art.

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Armchair Travels is generously funded with a gift from the Rutherford Family Trust. This program will not be recorded.

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Photo: Tile with calligraphy\, 1275&ndash\;1325. Iran\; probably Kashan . Photograph ©\; Asian Art Museum.

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